Door-hanger



(No Model.)

J. L. PARKS.

- DOOR HANGER. v No. 367,998. v Patented Aug. 9, 1887.

UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

JosEPH LYTLE PARKS, .OF TOLEDO, 01-110.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPEIPICATION forming pa rt of Letters Patent No. 367,998, dated August 9, 1887.

Application filed March 26, 1887. 'Serial No. .32,588. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, JOSEPH LYILE PARKS, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the invention,.which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved metal rail and door-hanger combined, and has for its object to provide a door-hanging device that shall be easy of attachment, readily adjusted, and not liable to get out of order, and at the same time cheap of construction.

In the ordinary construction of the class of devices to which my invention belongs there are several objections to be overcome, among which may be enumerated the style of track it has been necessary to employ and the expense of properly mounting the same; also, the liability of the door or doors becoming detached from the hanger or getting out of order and running off the track when being opened orclosed, involving great inconvenience and expense in replacing, and the further fact that the door often hangs from the track out of a vertical line. The track, being of wood, also warps and gets crooked, thereby requiring greater manual effort in moving the door upon the track and causing the door to chafe, as well as damaging the carpet. In my improved hanger I employ a single metal rail or track, upon which the rollers are mounted by means of clasps preferably hinged at their top. These clasps embrace the rail on either side, thus precluding the possibility of the door running off the track and at the same time causing the door to hang in a vertical line from the center of the rail, thereby obviating the great amount of friction necessarily involved in those constructions wherein the hanger is attached from one side of the door only. I have also provided for Vertical adjustment, so that the door may be caused to move freely in a horizontal plane and at any height required, and by a convenient arrangementof anti-friction rollers have provided against lateral swaying of the door. These objects are accomplished by the mechanism illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the door properly mounted upon the metal rail. Fig. 2 is a sectional end elevation showing the hanger and its mode of attachment to the door. Fig. 3 is a front view of the clasp and standard, the clasp being spread to show the serrated jaws and also the serrations of the stand- B are the jointed clasps, being preferably pivoted or hinged at their top and moving freely upon axis B when it is desired to open or close the side bars. 0 is a roller V-shaped on its periphery, and is designed to run upon bar A, being journaled in the side bars of clasps'B near their upper ends and revolves upon journal 0. The side bars of the claspB terminate in jaws having serrations that register with correspondingserrations upon a standard, E, attached by screws I to the upper edge of the door. This standardhas an open slot, K, extending vertically from near its base to its top, and is for the purpose of allowing bolt F to niove freely therein when it is desired to attach, raise, or lower the door upon clasp B, which is accomplished by simplyloosening the bolt and raising or lowering the standard any number of serrations desired, when, upon tightening the bolt, the serrated jaws of the clasp grasp the serrated standard and hold the door suspended.

H are anti-friction rollers journaled upon studs G, said studs being mounted upon the upper edge of door D. The rollers move in a horizontal plane, and serve by bearing upon the jambs upon either side to guide the door and prevent lateral swaying.

In operation, the bar A being properly secured in place, the clasp Bis spread sufficiently to stride the bar. The roller 0 is then placed upon the bar and journal 0' inserted. The jaws are now closed upon hanger E, and when the door is plumbed bolt F is screwed tightly in place, the anti-friction rollers H are placed upon studs G, and the device is in readiness for use.

XVhile my improved hanger is especially adapted for house-doors that run between partition-walls, yet it is easily adapted for general use for barn-doors, 820., it being simply neeessary to substitute for standard E one that fastens inside the door.

Having thus described myiuvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a door-hanger, a metal bar, clasps hinged at their tops and embracing the bar, and rollers journaled in the clasps near their upper ends, their lower ends being clasped to stand ards attached to the door by means of bolts passing through the elasps and standard, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a door-hanger, a metal bar supported entirely from each end, in combination with hinged clasps having rollers journaled within, the lower portions of the clasps being of equal length and adapted to suspend a door in a vcrtical plane from the metal bar, as and for the purpose set forth.

8. A sliding door, serrated standard provided with an open slot, hinged elasps having serrated jaws, and means for holding the jaws into engagement with the standard, in combination with a track and rollers, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereby a i'fix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH LYTLE PARKS.

Witnesses:

WILL] All \Vn'es'rn n, JAMES E. RAYMER, 

